Saints RB Pierre Thomas frustrated with ankle injury, using crutches
 

Pierre Thomas hobbled into the Saints' locker room on crutches Thursday, keeping weight off his sprained left ankle and sounding perplexed about why his recovery is going so much slower than he'd hoped.

"I really don't know what's the whole problem. Everybody keeps saying it's a sprain or maybe a little tear there," Thomas said. "I don't know for sure if that's true. I'm hearing so many different stories. I don't know what to believe."

Thomas, the Saints' leading rusher in 2009, accounted for 280 total yards from scrimmage and one touchdown rushing in the Saints' first three games of this season. His injury occurred while he was being tackled late in the fourth quarter of a Week 3 overtime loss to Atlanta. Thomas returned for the extra period in that game and gained 23 yards on a screen.

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Gotta feeling it's almost IR time for PT...

Yep, and I wonder if he is faking

C'mon guys have faith. I don't think PT would be faking this, he knows how important he is to the team.

My daughter has a sprained left ankle now and I still love her :-)

You can't fake X-ray's, i wish you could so i could get out of work sometimes.
And yes, i do believe it's above time to place him on IR.. it's time to move on, if he don't know, that means the doctors don't know, and if he's in more pain than the doctors think he should be in, then there's probably more to it.

I hate to see this Pierre was a great find.

I have a hard time believing he is faking it, but who knows these days. I love PT and I believe he is an asset to the team and I don't want to see him go. It just doesn't feel right without him out there. If $$ will make him feel better than send around the collection plate, I can afford a couple of dollars.

I remember the roll-up tackle and no, I seriously doubt he's faking it. PT seems like a pretty up front and straight-talkin fellow. I would image he's frustrated just like we are.

And, if he ain't gonna be back on the field any time soon it may be time to bust a move...or something...

I was hoping we would have picked up LT when we had the chance but I was fine with passing him over. There was no way anybody could have forseen us losing 2 starting RB's and 2 backups.

Broken Leg < Ankle injury, Im just sayin.

Loomis pay the man and watch him miraculously heal.

Q: What is the current prognosis?

Thomas: This week they want me in a boot and next week I could get off the crutches and start walking around in a boot because they still want me to take pressure off the ankle.

Q: Is the idea that rest would help the healing process?

Thomas: Yeah, to let it heal.

Q: What happens if rest doesn’t work? Is surgery the next option?

Thomas: I don’t know. I don’t know. I’m just doing what I’m told. I don’t know what is wrong, what’s the problem. I’m just doing what I’m told.

Q: Was this injury possibly misdiagnosed? Was something not caught five, six weeks ago?

Thomas: That could be it. But they found something else, I believe. They just told me, ‘Hey, for now, stay off of it ’cause it seemed like the times when I was doing rehab it wasn’t working.’ So, they just said let’s give you a little bit more time and stay off it. So that’s what I’m doing right now.

Q: What is the current diagnosis? Is it a high ankle sprain? Is it a low ankle sprain? Is it ligament damage?

Thomas: They’re still saying it’s a sprain. That’s what I’m being told.

Q: You went back in for a play after first being injured against Atlanta. Was that a mistake?

Thomas: My whole mindset is if anything happens to me on that field, how do I know if that (couldn’t be) the last game of my career? So my attitude is finish it out, you never know. That could be the last game of my career. As I approach every game, I’m going to play that game out and I’m going to finish the game as best I can. And I’ll be proud of myself and say, ‘Hey, that was the last game of my career, I finished the game. I fought through an injury and I finished the game.’ I’ll be proud of myself doing that. If I can play through an injury and that was something I continued to play with. It hurt, yeah, at that time, but I’ll deal with it when the game is over with. I’m going to play through any injury I have.

Q: Does this being a contract year for you enter into your thinking at all?

Thomas: I’m worried about the season. I’m not thinking about no contract. The contract will come when next year comes around. I’m not thinking about no contract right now. I’m thinking about my ankle and how can I get it better because this is frustrating me and I want to get back on that field. I love playing this game, and one thing that I’m missing so much is this game. The only thing that is holding me back right now is my ankle.

Q: Have you ever had a high ankle sprain?

Thomas: Yes but nothing this serious.

Q: Does this feel like a high ankle sprain?

Thomas: Honestly, I feel it all over my ankle. I feel pain all over my ankle. When you touch it, I feel pain all over my ankle. They touch different spots, I say, ‘Yeah, I feel it there, I feel it there, I feel it there.’ So, I really messed it up. They say I really messed it up pretty bad.

Q: Have you ever had torn ligaments?

Thomas: No, I’ve never had torn ligaments in my ankle.

Q: Are you getting any conflicting reports from your doctors? Does one doctor think this, does another doctor think that?

Thomas: They talk amongst themselves. They just report back to me at what I need to do to get better. I’m listening to whatever I have to do to get back on that field.

Q: Are you being a good patient and asking all the right questions. For instance, is surgery a possibility? Have you asked that question?

Thomas: I don’t even want to think about that. I don’t want to have surgery. I knew that if I have surgery, I’m done this season. I’m not thinking that. I don’t want that. I’m going to take that negativity and throw it away ‘cause I’m thinking positive. I’m thinking I want to get back on that field.

Q: So they haven’t suggested surgery?

Thomas: No, I wasn’t told that.

Q: Who is the point person on the medical staff? Who tells you what’s going on with your rehab?

Thomas: With the rehab, it’s (head athletic trainer) Scottie (Patton). I’ve talked with the doctor here, the team doctor, (team orthopedist) Dr. (Deryk) Jones, a few times, and he’s said it looks like it’s getting better. They see some of the swelling going down and they see the veins in my ankle, so that’s a good thing. They just tell me what I have to do for rehab to help get it better and help strengthen it.

Q: Would we as a media be wrong to report it as a high ankle sprain?

Thomas: That is something you’ll have to ask my trainer. You’ll have to go interview him about that because I’m just being told what I have to do.

Q: They’re not using that term - high ankle sprain?

Thomas: They just said it was a bad ankle sprain. That’s what I’ve been told.

NOTE: NewOrleans.com reported Wednesday that Saints officials had tried to deal Thomas to the New England Patriots prior to the league's trading deadline Oct. 19. The Saints apparently wanted a cornerback in return. The Patriots, according to a source, also wanted a draft pick. Thomas was unaware of the report and said he would be shocked and disheartened if it were true. "Business is business, huh?'' he said.

Saints beat writer Brian Allee-Walsh can be reached at balleewalsh@neworleans.com


Very informative. I wonder if PT caused the injury to be more serious when he came back into the Falcons game right after it happened. I hope Sean Payton doesn't lose patience with him and do something stupid. PT is obviously very frustrated and desperately wants back on the field.

:bs:

It's my opinion that PT is either a buffoon or is hiding something. "Everybody"? Doctors can't identify the injury and and PT saysI'm not a conspiracy theorist but it seems something is up.

sounds cooked to me. ivory, jones, bush, betts. were alright

He's faking. Bush broke his god damn leg. He is either an idiot or getting bad advice, because other teams are watching. If he was really hurt SP wouldn't basically call him out. SP always lets his guys heal- he's a fake